benihana
Member
So, I have this annoying habit of completely shutting down when in conversations and feeling like I have nothing important to say while talking to other people.
I just came home tonight from a friend's birthday party filled with only people who I consider to be my best of friends but my brain was devoid of thought the entire evening. It really freaks me out because this has been happening to me increasingly for the past 4 years. I have thoughts that I'll never be able to relate to anyone and constantly have trouble expressing myself in conversations.
I have a nagging feeling in every interaction that the person does not like me or if they really knew me, they'd find out how scared or boring I am. In many situations, I feel a lack of verbal expression is fine but it ends up building up in my system. I've found myself suddenly bawling while driving my car just to let something out.
I have been thinking about trying to see someone about this problem but just can't motivate myself to take action. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I just came home tonight from a friend's birthday party filled with only people who I consider to be my best of friends but my brain was devoid of thought the entire evening. It really freaks me out because this has been happening to me increasingly for the past 4 years. I have thoughts that I'll never be able to relate to anyone and constantly have trouble expressing myself in conversations.
I have a nagging feeling in every interaction that the person does not like me or if they really knew me, they'd find out how scared or boring I am. In many situations, I feel a lack of verbal expression is fine but it ends up building up in my system. I've found myself suddenly bawling while driving my car just to let something out.
I have been thinking about trying to see someone about this problem but just can't motivate myself to take action. Does anyone have any suggestions?